I Was Right | Asmongold TV

What you'll learn

• 1 (01:30) **Vindication: Riot Opens Betting Sponsorships** - Asmon presents the receipts: his May 19th prediction that esports would embrace gambling sponsorships, followed by Riot’s June 26th announcement opening betting sponsorships in Valorant and LoL esports.
• 2 (04:09) **The Human Cost: Acceptable Sacrifice Rates** - Asmon shifts to the moral arithmetic of gambling sponsorship, asking what percentage of ruined lives is acceptable for corporate profit.
• 3 (04:50) **Hypocrisy on All Sides: Twitch, Kick, and the Double Standard** - Asmon addresses chat criticism about watching sports that glorify betting, pointing out that both major streaming platforms are deeply entangled with gambling.
• 4 (05:37) **Personal Stance: Asmon Doesn’t Gamble** - He clarifies his personal relationship with gambling, explaining it’s not a moral crusade but a practical aversion.
• 5 (06:01) **Riot’s Justification and the $10 Billion Black Market** - Asmon reads and reacts to Riot’s official reasoning for opening betting sponsorships, focusing on the claim that it’s already happening anyway.
• 6 (07:00) **The “Think of the Children” Argument Collapses** - Asmon dismantles the argument that esports should be held to a higher standard because children watch, pointing out that kids also watch traditional sports with gambling sponsors.
• 7 (09:01) **Every Gambling Site Has Led to at Least One Suicide** - Asmon makes a stark claim about the real-world consequences of online gambling, tying it back to the sponsorship debate.

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